Canon: 7mpix, 4x zoom digicam(UPDATED)By
Mike Tomkins(Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 23:00 EST)The Canon PowerShot A560 digital camera has a resolution of seven megapixels and is coupled to a Canon-branded 4x optical zoom lens in a body that includes both a 2.5 inch 115,000 pixel LCD display, and a real-image optical zoom viewfinder.

Other Canon A560 features include include 35mm-equivalent focal lengths ranging from 35 - 140mm, a maximum aperture that varies with focal length from f/2.6 at wide angle to f/5.5 at telephoto, nine-point autofocusing, a maximum ISO sensitivity of 1600, three metering modes (evaluative, center-weighted average, and spot), seven white balance modes, and eleven scene modes.

The A560 offers a useful 30 frames-per-second VGA video mode with sound in AVI (Motion JPEG) format, and supports SDHC as well as SD/MMC memory cards. The PowerShot A560 is powered by two AA batteries, and interfaces include USB 2.0 (high-speed) and A/V (NTSC or PAL) connections.

The Canon PowerShot A560 is priced at US$230, and ships from March 2007.

UPDATED 2007-02-22 04:11ET: Canon's official press release, which jointly covers the A560 and the simultaneously announced A570 IS, has been added to our coverage of the A570 IS announcement.UPDATED 2007-02-22 16:21ET: Some preliminary specifications have been updated with newer information. Availability has also been added to this item.